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What Nursing Shortage? Only Seven States Projected to Come Up Short By 2030

A Nurse.org report assesses why the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has significantly revised its projections for a national nursing shortage.

In late 2014, HRSA projected that 34 states were expected to have a shortage of nurses by the year 2025. But in July 2017, that figure was revised to just seven states facing a shortage by the year 2030.

Those states are as follows (ordered from smallest to largest projected shortage):

The reality is that efforts by both nursing schools and federal and local governments to fill positions has resulted in a projected surplus of nurses in some states where a shortage was once predicted.

These new projections don’t necessarily mean there aren’t other states currently facing or anticipating a shortage. A quick glance through local news reports tells the story:

Maine’s WGME notes that new data shows the state’s “nurse shortage is expected to grow by the year 2025.”

In West Virginia, WSAZ reports that nursing leaders recently gathered to discuss ways to address the state’s nurse shortage.

A report from TheStatehouseFile.com, an Indiana news service provided by Franklin College, highlights that state’s nurse and doctor shortage.